Introducing Comparative Politics: Concepts and Cases in Context - Softcover

Orvis, Stephen Walter; Drogus, Carol Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1506375464 ISBN 13: 9781506375465

Publisher: CQ Press, 2017

Synopsis

Organized thematically around important questions in comparative politics, Introducing Comparative Politics, Fourth Edition integrates a set of extended case studies of 11 core countries into the narrative. Serving as touchstones, the cases are set in chapters where they make the most sense topically―not separated from theory or in a separate volume―and vividly illustrate issues in cross-national context. The book’s organization allows instructors flexibility and gives students a more accurate sense of comparative study.

In this edition, a new chapter on Contentious Politics ties together content on ethnic fragmentation, social movements, civil war, and revolutions, and adds significant new material from the growing literature on political violence. New case studies on this topic include the Occupy and Tea Party movements in the US; the Zapatista rebellion in Mexico; Boko Haram in Nigeria; and revolutions in China and Iran. Chapter 4 on States and Identity has been substantially revised to better introduce students to the concept of identity and how countries handle identity-based demands. Case studies include nationalism in Germany; ethnicity in Nigeria; religion in India; race in the US; gender in Iran; and sexual orientation in Brazil. Content on states and markets, political economy, globalization, and development has all been consolidated into a revamped Part III of the book, which focuses in a sustained way on economic issues. Chapters cover the Political Economy of Wealth, Political Economy of Development, and Public Policies When Markets Fail.

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About the Authors

Stephen Orvis is Professor of Government at Hamilton College. He is a specialist on sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya in particular), identity politics, democratic transitions, and the political economy of development. He has been teaching introduction to comparative politics for more than twenty-five years, as well as courses on African politics, nationalism and the politics of identity, political economy of development, and weak states. He has written a book and articles on agricultural development in Kenya, as well as several articles on civil society in Africa and Kenya, and is currently doing research on political institutions in Africa.

Carol Ann Drogus is a retired Professor of Government at Hamilton College. She is a specialist on Brazil, religion, and women’s political participation. She taught introduction to comparative politics for more than twenty years, as well as courses on Latin American politics, gender and politics, and women in Latin America. She has written two books and numerous articles on the political participation of women in religious movements in Brazil.

Edition details

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1506375464
• ISBN 13: 9781506375465
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 760